The story opens with a quote from a famous folktale about a well, a magical place where one can find one's true love. In other words, if you pray to the well, you'll find the one true love of your life. But if you don't pray, you won't find your soul mate. This is a weird situation for the narrator. He's standing in the well looking for his true love, but he's not sure if he'll get it. He wishes that he were in someone else's body instead. The narrator asks if anyone would like to become a